Course: Ethics of Social Work

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Course title Ethics of Social Work
Course code KSS/TEI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Brzáková Beksová Kateřina, ThDr. Th.D.
Course content
Lectures: 1. Ethics - introduction, terminology, morality, social sense, legacy, etiology, good and evil in the social work context. 2. Philosophical background of ethics - goodness, Christian roots of morality, goodness in philosophy Sókratés, Augustin, Kant, Patočka, aj.), modern and post-modern society. 3. Psychological premises - human moral development, sociability, empathy, character, motivation etc. 4. Prosocial qualities of people - altruism, helping in the context of personal qualities and experience, professional priorities. 5. Professional roles - partner strategy of helping, paternalism, competencies, power in social work, accepting differences. 6. Ethics in institutional and home care - moral principles in relation to protecting human authonomy, early care, institutional care for the clients with learning difficulties, palliative care, shelter homes etc. 7. Chapters from ethical - dilemmas in thanatology, right to live and right to self-determination. Interruption, transplantation, palliative care. Seminars: 1. Ethical codes - working with the texts (Ethical Code for Social Workers, The rights of the Patients, etc.). Critical analysis of the codes. 2. Issues of moral values - social and cultural and historical context, humanity society, subjective and objective aspects of the quality of life. 3. Moral qualities test - personal qualities, experience, demanding life situations and coping. 4. Moral dilemmas - texts, videos, the risks of helping, morality, legality. 5. Human rights - application to social work - the right to self-determination, empowerment of the client. 6. Crisis response - the meaning of life in the context of crisis, sensitive life situations, accepting demanding life situations (shock, aggression, hope etc.). 7. Ethical dilemmas - social work with people with oncological diseases, mental retardation, violence, dying.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Written assignment presentation and defence, Active metods (simulation, situational contingency methods, drama,acting, namagerial acting ), Students' portfolio
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 32 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The discipline is about critical thinking aplyied in moral professional attitudes in social work and it is theoreticaly based on philosophical backgroung of altruistic behaviour, on ethical terminology. As a result, student is able to aply the critical thinking in the process of solving ethical dilemas.
The discipline is about critical thinking aplyied in moral professional attitudes in social work and it is theoreticaly based on philosophical backgroung of altruistic behaviour, on ethical terminology. As a result, student is able to aply the critical thinking in the process of solving ethical dilemas.
Prerequisites
Special education and consecutive knowledge gained through the educational background.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student's performance analysis

Presence in the seminars, semestral thesis (essay). Oral exam and colloquium
Recommended literature
  • ANZENBACHER, A. Křesťanská sociální etika: úvod a principy.. Brno: CDK, Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury., 2015. ISBN 978-80-7325-371-4.
  • BRZÁKOVÁ BEKSOVÁ, K. Geriatrická problematika v pastorální péči (Postulát křesťanské etiky v péči o seniory).. Praha: Karolinum., 2013. ISBN 978-80-246-2296-5.
  • BRZÁKOVÁ BEKSOVÁ, K.. Jinakost je výzvou charakteru. In: Kalábová, H., Meier, M., eds. Jinost ve výchově a sociálních vědách. s. 38?46.. Liberec: TU v Liberci,, 2017. ISBN 978-80-7494-346-1.
  • FISCHER, O., MILFAIT, R. Etika pro sociální práci.. Praha: Jabok., 2010. ISBN 978-80-904137-8-8.
  • HAŠKOVCOVÁ, H. Lékařská etika.. Praha: Galén., 2015. ISBN 978-80-7492-204-6.
  • KOPŘIVA, K. Lidský vztah jako součást profese.. Praha: Portál., 2016. ISBN 978-80-262-1147-1.
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, N. Krize a krizová intervence.. Praha: Grada., 2017. ISBN 978-80-247-5327-0.
  • ŠPATENKOVÁ, N. O posledních věcech člověka: vybrané kapitoly z thanatologie.. Praha: Galén., 2014. ISBN 978-80-7492-138-4.


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